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The Honourable
Osvaldo Andrade
The Honourable Osvaldo Andrade
President of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 22 March 2016 – 22 March 2017
Preceded by	Marco Antonio Núñez
Succeeded by	Fidel Espinoza
Leader of the Socialist Party of Chile
	In office; 21 August 2010 – 17 May 2015
Preceded by	Camilo Escalona
Succeeded by	Isabel Allende
Member of the Chamber of Deputies; for La Pintana, Pirque, Puente Alto & San José de Maipo
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 March 2010
Preceded by	Isabel Allende
Majority	61,037 (31.0%)
Minister of Labor and Social Security
	In office; 11 March 2006 – 10 December 2008
President	Michelle Bachelet
Preceded by	Yerko Ljubetic
Succeeded by	Claudia Serrano
Personal details
Born	Osvaldo Andrade Lara; 6 February 1953 (age 71); Santiago, Chile
Political party	Socialist Party
Spouse	Myriam Olate Berríos
Children	Patricio, Carlos, Andrés and Jearim Yael
Parent	Carmen Andrade
Alma mater	Catholic University of Chile; University of Salamanca;
Website	Official website

Osvaldo Andrade Lara (born 2 June 1953 in Santiago) is a Chilean Socialist politician. After studying law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Andrade joined the Socialist Party in 1968. He served as director of the Young Socialists. Following the Chilean coup of 1973, he was detained at the Estadio Nacional and at Villa Grimaldi. He was Minister of Labor and Social Security in the government of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet from 2006 to 2008.^[1] On 22 March 2016 he became President of the Chamber of Deputies. He succeeded Marco Antonio Núñez.^[2] He was succeeded as president on 22 March 2017 by Fidel Espinoza.^[3]

Andrade was a 6-foot tall (1.83m) guard for the Chilean national basketball team in the 1970s.

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